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Does anyone have much experience with robot lawnmowers? I've been considering one, but trying to find info now involves digging through a lot of AI slop.

Id prefer one that plays nicely with HA, as well as not internet dependant. It's also for a small garden (50m²).

The best bet I've seen so far is to modify a yardforce mower with open mower. What other (good) options are there?

Edit to add:

I ended up going with the Worx Landroid Vision. I'm quite pleased with it. It's not perfect but it's flaws are reasonable. It doesn't do edging very well, unless you tell it to explicitly. It's mow pattern is also upsetting. It wanders in a semi random pattern. It gets everywhere evenly, but the OCD part of my brain doesn't like how! It also didn't bother stopping when the weather got too cold. That might have been my fault however. I built it a little shed, so it couldn't sense the rain.

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[–] jj4211@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

For me, wire breaks happen every couple of months.

Some utility digs into the easement, maybe breaks it then, but maybe somehow nicks it so it corrodes and falls randomly later. Sometimes I've no idea how it would have broken after finding the break.

[–] PlutoniumAcid@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago

My lawn is fully enclosed property, so the only breakage is caused by myself 🤦